: a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery
also
: friar
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Nakell Williams, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
The monks are headed east to the Wat Lao Buddha Khanti, a Buddhist temple.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Dayton Interim Chief of Police Shane Burleigh told the Star-Telegram that the monks had been walking along the grassy area next to the highway and on the shoulder.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Dec. 2025
Today, luxury is all about access: to a remote Arctic coastline where locals host you like family, to a private island where coral scientists are your snorkeling buddies, to a valley in Bhutan where the monks chant at dawn.
—Kristin Winkaffe, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
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Noun
As the monks walked from Decatur to visit one of their own, a man who can no longer walk beside them, Venerable Maha Dam says his spirit never left their path.
—Nakell Williams, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
The monks are headed east to the Wat Lao Buddha Khanti, a Buddhist temple.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Dayton Interim Chief of Police Shane Burleigh told the Star-Telegram that the monks had been walking along the grassy area next to the highway and on the shoulder.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Dec. 2025
Today, luxury is all about access: to a remote Arctic coastline where locals host you like family, to a private island where coral scientists are your snorkeling buddies, to a valley in Bhutan where the monks chant at dawn.
—Kristin Winkaffe, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Monk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monk. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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